After the flailex where it turned out that the little girl in the “3 A.M.” ad was actually an Obama supporter, you would think that the Clinton campaign would check out the folks in their ads a bit more carefully.

And you’d be wrong.

It seems that the fellow in her “bitter” ad isn’t registered to vote in Pennsylvania.

From the Huffington Post:

“Clyde Thomas, who sports a goatee in the ad and says, “the good people of Pennsylvania deserve a lot better than what Barack Obama said,” is actually registered in New Jersey. He voted there for Clinton Feb. 5. He only recently moved to Bethlehem, Pa.”

“(April 16) – … [A] new ABC/Washington Post poll shows Clinton has lost trust among voters. Clinton is deemed ‘honest and trustworthy’ by 39 percent of Americans … down from 52 percent in May 2006. Among Democrats, she trails Obama by 23 points as the more honest candidate.”

Come on John, what a couple of non-issues. So some young woman uses a past sale of her image to get political hay. Why the hell should I care who a sleeping child used in a commercial prefers years later, when the image her family sold is actually used? And an actor had the temerity to move to a new state, and participate in his craft (he’s a thespian) and because his life isn’t that of the role he plays, Senator Clinton is a bad candidate?

Man, the hate for Hillary has gotten thick. When McCain gets elected because Barack ends up being unelectable in this screwed up country of ours (racism as well as misogyny abound), I fully expect to end up seeing bumper stickers: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Hillary”.

The point is not hatred. Actually, it’s more amusement at the incompetence of the Clinton campaign. For so long, we’ve all just gone along with the assumption that Senator Clinton was an experienced campaigner that didn’t make stupid mistakes.

The 3 A.M. gaffe was little more than an amusing sideline. Over here in the Obama camp, we got a chuckle and some good press out of it.

But… Making that sort of mistake once is a simple error, doing it again shows that the Clinton campaign isn’t paying attention.

While I want to beat her in the primaries and have Senator Obama show folks like you that he isn’t nearly as “unelectable” as you seem to believe (but please, continue thinking that he is), I also know that if somehow she gets the nomination, I’ll want her to run a strong campaign, without any gaffes.

Because If Senator Obama doesn’t get the nomination, Senator Clinton will be my candidate. I may prefer Senator Obama, but either of the Democrats will be a far better President than Senator McCain.

@7: Aaron It isn’t hate for Clinton – it is pity. Pity that she stoops so low. Pity that she isn’t honest about what she does. Pity that she can’t admit she was wrong to vote for war in Iraq. Pity that she was for NAFTA and now claims to be against it – but doesn’t admit that she was for it. I think she can and should change her mind – but lying about her past postitions and voting for the bankruptcy law that benefits the banks and credit card companies while claiming to be the “non-elitist”. Sorry – that just deserves pity – as does her lies about Tuzla and coming under fire.

Barack is not the one who is unelectable. the bumper sticker should read – “I helped elect McCain by voting for and encouraging a dead-end candidate who lies and attacks a fellow democrat after she is mathematically eliminated”

@ 10: Bzzzt again. I’ve always posted here as “Aaron”, and avid readers of various blogs can probably find my last name as well.

@ 11: Fact is, if the primary were run as is the general, state by state winner takes all, Clinton would already be the nominee. I’m not saying she’d win the popular vote amongst the D primary participating electorate, but I do think that she’s got a better chance of carrying electoral victory in the general, when more “independent” (read confused) voters will show up at the polls.

@13: Gee Aaron – you are good at spouting your opinion but have little facts to back it up.

Facts are….you are just plain wrong. Clinton is way behind in the popular vote, the delegate count and the polls and has to win by an average of 20% in the rest of the states to pull even. right now she might not even win Penn. and is way behind in NC. Enough of the negative campaign – even clinton admits that Obama can beat McCain – and does better in most national polls that Clinton. There is simply no reason for her to continue the campaign after failing in Pennsylvania to score a major victory.

The SUV comment was something called a joke…I’ll explain what that menas later – because you wrote about a bumper sticker. Bzzzzzzt.

And I wrote that you sounded like Justin – a clinton crazed troll that keep sposting about how ell clinton is doing (especially in Washington state and his caucus). Of course Obama is now going to take about 70% of the delegates from this state – so 30% must be a great achievement. bzzzt again.

Rog–@6 The reason Hillary is not trusted by the majority of folks is because she is dishonest! And you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

How many Pennsylvania Repubs will be voting for Hillary anyway? Answer: Lots!

Barrack Hussein O-blahblah is not an honest person either. That has already been shown numerous times in how he handles on step-on-his-dick crisis he creates after another. O-blahblah is really trying to win as a novelty candidate relying on racist blacks who vote for him merely because he is black….without any review of his record. Pitiful. I will never vote for O-blahblah because he has no Plan and is the most Liberal US Senator by far as evidenced by his Senate Voting Record and his voting record in Illinois. He is a Liberal. I am a Conservative.

So, Mr. Cynical, why are all those Republicans planning on voting for Senator Clinton? Her voting record is almost identical to Senator Obama’s, after all.

Are all those Republicans voting for her because they have become born-again liberals?

Or are they supporting her because they really don’t have a voice in selecting the Republican candidate, and think she’d be easier to beat in November? After all, the Republican primary in Pennsylvania is little more than a formality.

And apparently you folks think that any black that votes for Senator Obama is only doing so due to racism.

For all your sarcasm and rhetoric, it really looks like you folks are afraid to face him in an election, and think that Senator Clinton will be much easier to beat.

@ 15: You didn’t read what I wrote. In state-by-state, winner take all (like the Electoral College), Hillary comes out ahead.

Look, this isn’t really that hard to figure out. In states like CA, Hillary got a majority, but Barack also came away with a nice count of delegates.

That isn’t how it will work in the Electoral College, which is why it might be possible for McCain to do what Bush did in 2000, win the election while losing the popular vote.

Although in many respects (but not all) I line up more with Barack than Hillary politically, I caucused for Hillary because I think with Barack on the ticket, McCain has a better chance, and that worries me.

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